Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 107 Entries. Saturday, January 2 View Page Time to open my new 2010 diary. This Hunt seed will be planted 2010 between 3 others. Friday, January 29 View Page My Avocadotree :D Friday, March 19 View Page This is my 2010 lineup ¨ 587 Rupf 08 (1385 Jutras x 1207 Young) grew 1049 Baumert 09(pb), 747 Olsen 09, 722 Huberts 09(pb), 716 Rupf 09(pb) ¨ 627 Rupf 09 (1370 Rose x 1068 Wallace) ¨ 579 Rupf 08 (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) ¨ 901 Hunt 07 (1093 Hunt x 898 Knauss) Friday, March 19 View Page typed not very well.. he is called "722 Hubertus" Monday, April 12 View Page Last Sunday (8 days ago) i sarted a 579 Rupf 08, today it came out. Last Thursday i started a 578 Rupf 08. the 579 Rupf came out yesterday. 587 maybe will come out tomorrow. Today i started the rest of the seeds. 901 Hunt, 587 Rupf, 579 Rupf, 2x627 Rupf mainplants will be: 901 hunt 627 Rupf 587 Rupf 579 Rupf backup plants: 627 Rupf 587 Rupf 579 Rupf I wish everyone good luck this year! On the picture is a belated easter picture. Me and my sisters did a easter carving Friday, April 16 View Page today i was diging up some more meters of my patch. on top of the soil i dispersed "hornflint", then "pinebark", then rotten woodwaste. Friday, April 16 View Page another view. My soil is getting better year by year. Sunday, April 18 View Page The 901 hunt came out today!!!! Thanks Phil Hunt, i told you, this seed will be in good hands. Sunday, May 23 View Page Ladies and gentleman, here i am proudly presenting the 901 Hunt. We had 20 days of low temperatures und much rain in germany. Sunday, May 23 View Page 587 Rupf 08, i had to change the first plant because it wasn´t growing very well. This plant looks very good. Sunday, May 23 View Page 579 Rupf 08, my oldest plant, looks good. Sunday, May 23 View Page 627 Rupf 09, i had to cut off the seed leaves because they got much damage through slugs. All four 2010 plants are looking very good untill now. Sunday, May 23 View Page windprotection of the 627 Rupf Sunday, May 23 View Page marrowplants(not giant marrows) and 1 wild sunflower, the only sunflower in 2010 Sunday, May 23 View Page One of four 627 Rupf backups, started 1 week ago Thursday, June 10 View Page 587 Rupf: It´s very hot in germany, so the pumpkins are growin very well. Thursday, June 10 View Page 579 Rupf 08 (1556 Werner x 1385 Jutras) The first, very very little female is visible: Thursday, June 10 View Page 627 Rupf 08 (1370 Rose x 1068 Wallace) Thursday, June 10 View Page and the 901 Hunt: He didn´t want to lay down.. maybe 1-2 more days. Thursday, June 10 View Page 901 Hunt Another view Thursday, June 10 View Page damn.. i told u it is hot in germany.. here is the other view lol Monday, June 14 View Page Today i saw 3 females on the 901 Hunt in a row!! I am very curious how they will do. Friday, June 25 View Page Now since 1-2 Days it is very hot in Germany a few days after the long "cold and wet" period i already have to water the plants. This year i installed a watering system which is working very well. Friday, June 25 View Page another Friday, June 25 View Page behind the sunslower: left is 587 Rupf right is 579 Rupf Tuesday, June 29 View Page Today i did the first pollination of the year. It is --901 Hunt x 1180 Pukos-- Because of the fact that i did not have male flowers on the plants yet, i was driving about 200 kilometers yesterday evening to Robert Jaser, he gave me yestterday 1180 Pukos, 1161 Rodonis and 1421 Stelts flowers. Tuesday, June 29 View Page nice flower Wednesday, June 30 View Page today i pollinates another 2 females on the 901 Hunt: 901 Hunt x 1021 Eckardt 901 Hunt x 1161 Rodonis both flowers had 5 lobes. The pollen for the pollination is from flowers other growers had given me. Wednesday, June 30 View Page 300610 579 Rupf x 901 Hunt 5 lober Wednesday, June 30 View Page and a curious picture from my 627 Rupf plant. This plant has sometimes a double leave, its the only mutation untill now. The positive on this is what you can see haha :D my 579 Rupf and the 901 Hunt have no mutations till now. my 587 Rupf has many mutations.. uncountable lol.. i wish everyone a good 2010 season. Thursday, July 1 View Page Today i did another 3 pollinations, the younger female on the left was pollinated this morgning 5 lober, 579 Rupf x 1180 Pukos Thursday, July 1 View Page And the double females on the 627 Rupf the smaller one (left) was 4 lober, the female on the right is a 5 lober. pollinations: left one: 627 Rupf x 1421 Stelts right one: 627 Rupf x 579 Rupf Sunday, July 4 View Page yesterday i did 587 Rupf x 901 Hunt today i did 579 Rupf x 901 Hunt at the pic is the 579 Rupf female today Sunday, July 4 View Page 901 Hunt Today is day 6, but this morning it was 5 days old. Monday, July 5 View Page 627 Rupf(6) x 901 Hunt Wednesday, July 7 View Page 901 Hunt x 579 Rupf It is a 4 lober Monday, July 12 View Page today my patch got hit by heavy winds.. Monday, July 12 View Page Sunflower and marrows Monday, July 12 View Page 901 Hunt day 6 Monday, July 12 View Page 627 Rupf day 8 Monday, July 12 View Page 579 Rupf day 9 Monday, July 12 View Page i cutted the mainvine on the 627 Rupf and here on the 587 Rupf i cutted the mainvine also. This is the last pumpkin on the 587 Rupf mainve. Tomorrow there will be 4 pollinations. Tuesday, July 13 View Page 579 Rupf day 10 with sunprotection Tuesday, July 13 View Page this is the sunprotectionphoto.. Friday, July 16 View Page I have good an bad news! good: Keper on 901 hunt, 578 Rupf, 627 Rupf is growing! bad: Big Thunderstorm is approaching, wind is getting stronger... I hope that there will be no hail!!! Saturday, July 17 View Page 901 hunt plant, the Pumpkin is at day 11 Saturday, July 17 View Page 579 Rupf plant, pumpkin is at day 14 Saturday, July 17 View Page 627 Rupf plant. pumpkin is at day 13 Sunday, July 18 View Page 579 Rupf day 15 it is about 21 lbs. tomorrow 9:00 o´clock it will be exactly 15 days old. Monday, July 19 View Page had to cut the blossom end on the 627 Rupf, because it was rotten and wet.. Monday, July 19 View Page Today this pumpkin on the 627 Rupf is at day 15 and it is ott 220.. about 19.5 lbs. Wednesday, July 21 View Page 07.07.10 i did 901 Hunt x 579 Rupf Today is day 15. The pumpkin has ott: 23 lbs I like this pumpkin, because its growing so fast and has a nice shape. Only the Stem/mainvine pattern is not good. Thursday, July 22 View Page 587 Rupf x 901 Hunt day 10 - mainvineending Monday, July 26 View Page Since 4-5 Days its really cold in Germany.. pumplins slowed down extremely. slowly it is getting a little warmer.. Tuesday, July 27 View Page here is the 587 Rupf, today its day 10. I hate this plant because of the mutations and the broken sidevines.. But hell.. this pumpkin has bigger day 15 waight than the others. 587 Rupf x 901 Hunt day 15: ott 10.9 kg 901 Hunt x 579 Rupf day 15: ott 10.3 kg 579 Rupf x 901 Hunt day 15: ott 9.5 kg 627 RUpf x 901 Hunt day 15: ott 8.8 kg Tuesday, July 27 View Page i was wrong, its day 15 not day 10 Wednesday, July 28 View Page 579 Rupf x 901 Hunt Day 25 has started! At the moment it has ott 101.4 lbs Thursday, July 29 View Page 627 Rupf x 901 Hunt day 25 It is not growing good, something was wrong with pollination. Today it has 35.3 kg. Thursday, July 29 View Page 627 Rupf backup at sidevine, 7 days old and "open" Friday, July 30 View Page culled the 627 Rupf today.. Friday, July 30 View Page something was wrong with it Friday, July 30 View Page .. Friday, July 30 View Page here is the new keeper on the 627 Rupf, its x open Friday, July 30 View Page closer Saturday, July 31 View Page here is the 901 hunt. This morning 9:00 o´clock he had his 24th birthday. Now he is in his 25th day. Saturday, July 31 View Page forgot to say, it has ott 121.5 lbs Friday, August 6 View Page we got massive Rain here in Germany about 60-80 l in 40 hours Friday, August 6 View Page New 627 Rupf day 15 Friday, August 6 View Page 587 Rupf day 25 and 100 lbs it wasn´t growing good because of the cold temperatures Friday, August 6 View Page this is a little trouble at the 587 Rupf. I will cover it tomorrow. Saturday, August 7 View Page 579 Rupf day 35 ott 246 lbs. average of 14.5 lbs / day Today the sun came out and its getting warmer. we had only 2 warm days in 16!!! Tuesday, August 10 View Page Today 901 Hunt is in his 35th day. ott > 293 < lbs I hope for 800 lbs. Tuesday, August 10 View Page little bad news too. The 901 Hunt has a little stemstress. But i will not cut the mainvine. Monday, August 16 View Page Today the next pumpkin on the 627 Rupf is on day 25.. but its is not growing good, just like the first one.. maybe something is wrong with that plant. ott 68 lbs today Monday, August 16 View Page 587 Rupf today, its day 35. it is growing bad but steady. The stem is dripping for weeks now... i hope i can get it dry soon. day 35 ott: 215 lbs Tuesday, August 17 View Page 579 Rupf @ day 45 ott 402 lbs still very cold and windy in Germany Tuesday, August 17 View Page Winddamage.. Tuesday, August 17 View Page Stem of the 579 Rupf day 45, it has stress because of the vine, just like the 901 Hunt Friday, August 20 View Page Today 901 Hunt is in day 45. Ott it is @ 470 lbs. It did 17.73 lbs/day the last 10 (cold)days. I like this Pumpkin just the Stemstress on the stem/mainvine is worrying me a little. The next days it will be very hot in germany, so i think the pumpkin will increase its waightgains. The cross in this pumpkins is 901 Hunt x 579 Rupf Monday, August 23 View Page 579 Rupf day 51 ott: 458 lbs today Monday, August 23 View Page another view Monday, August 23 View Page today 901 Hunt is at day 48 and ott: 512 lbs the last days it became warmer in germany.. but the pumpkins slowed down the growing. i don´t know why. Monday, September 6 View Page 579 Rupf day 65 ott 472 lbs.. it is too cold in germany, next year i will start my pumpkins earlier. Monday, September 6 View Page today i cut the 627 off, it was about 310 lbs heavy Monday, September 6 View Page 587 Rupf day 55 ott 387 lbs Thursday, September 9 View Page 901 Hunt is @ day 65 and it has ott 621 lbs It is to cold in germany and its growing very slow Thursday, September 9 View Page little split Thursday, September 9 View Page stemending Tuesday, September 14 View Page 472 Rupf 2010 EST, it is rotting and has stopped growing.. Tuesday, September 14 View Page side Thursday, September 16 View Page 472 Rupf 2010 UOW (579 Rupf x 901 Hunt) It was totally rotten inside, smelling like a dump. Thursday, September 16 View Page Stem was ok Sunday, September 19 View Page 587 Rupf day 69 ott 423 lbs. Sunday, September 19 View Page 901 Hunt day 75 ott 638 lbs.. i hope i can do the 1000 next year. it was to cold in germany. Wednesday, September 22 View Page 527 Rupf 2010 UOW (587 Rupf x 901 Hunt) +23% heavy It was a horrible plant, very inflexible vines. all in all not a good season, because it was wet and cold 3/5 of the summer. but maybe.. well i have to wait, if i am lucky i can beat my personal best with the 901 Hunt. Wednesday, September 22 View Page me Sunday, September 26 View Page 789,2 Rupf 10 (901 Hunt x 579 Rupf) +18,5 % heavy :) Friday, October 8 View Page this are the only good seeds out of the 472 Rupf 2010 EST Friday, October 8 View Page all seeds in the 789 Rupf were ok Friday, October 8 View Page another view Friday, October 8 View Page and another Friday, October 8 View Page pictures from the opened 789 Rupf.. no wonder it was 18% heavy Friday, October 8 View Page 1 Friday, October 8 View Page 2 Friday, October 8 View Page blossom end was fine too Friday, October 8 View Page now i end my 2010 Diary.. It was a year i was learing much. For live and for pumpkins. Friday, October 8 View Page 2011 the 789 Rupf 2010 will be one of maybe 3 plants i will grow.